Girls having rugby and football as some of main PE sports

[Summer1912]

Seems strange to me the girls at both local secondaries follow same pe curriculum as boys so have no choice not to do rugby or football. Even several boys at the open day didnt want to do rugby.

It would be fine to have them as extra curricular etc but as a non negotiable seems rubbish, bearing in mind no swimming. I dont think they offer rounders or tennis etc.

DD hates football anyway, played in primary PE. And possibly the hatred is so much because in primary it is obviously both boys and girls so many of the girls dont really join in.

Shes already refusing to have any football boots.

What is interesting though is her Grandad said that back 70 years ago at a boys only secondary modern they only did gym no other PE. The other sports were outside of class time.

They will be set for PE so I imagine she will be bottom set and in fact they probably wont play the sports properly.

My DD’s would have hated contact sports. Rugby. Not for them. Or football. Their old school now does football - it’s the fashion. Hockey will go down the drain now as schools do not have enough pitches for all these sports. Girls just end up being boys via sport. Mine went to a girls’ school but sport is changing so much. No one gets to choose.

You think it’s ace, and you’re entitled to your opinion, but the reason football or any other sport shouldn’t be compulsory is not everyone shares your view.

You think it’s ace, and you’re entitled to your opinion, but the reason football or any other sport shouldn’t be compulsory is not everyone shares your view.

and that is the EXACT reason why the schools that do a rota of giving their pupils 6 weeks or so or exposure to a whole list of sports are doing the best job, IMO. Of course they need to be compulsory - even aside from the fact that you couldn't timetable / provide the teachers and facilities for dc opting out of things, until you give something a fair chance, you don't know what it is you are going to take to. Surely the BEST way of teaching PE in schools is to expose ALL the dc to as many sports as they can, knowing that lots will hate cross country or dance or tennis or korfball or swimming or mountain biking or kayaking or rock climbing or trampolining or rugby, but that there will be some in each year group that find a physical activity they enjoy.

But, as has already been said, we all have to do things we don't particularly enjoy, both in life, and when we were at school. You can't just opt out of something because you don't fancy it.